One of the weird quirks of capitalism: doing good things that help people generally attracts more workers (since most people are empathetic and want to do good things), and the labor market then places downward pressure on wages and other benefits. Of course, this does have benefits in that we can then enjoy a larger quantity of cheap coffee, music, charity, etc. but I feel there’s got to be a better way. Especially since the inverse is true. Doing wicked things the system requires but most humans hate then demands a wage premium because fewer people are willing to do them.
One comforting thing about the current crop of US leaders is that the inevitable death that comes for us all doesn't care how much they weasel and maneuver.
I'm constantly amazed that few of them seem to care what legacy they're building.
When I'm gone, a bunch of people will remember me, and genuinely miss me. I figure it'll be a solid half dozen, for sure. Probably dozens, even.
Yes, I've invested in people's lives and welfares a great deal.
But I've also just managed to not present myself as incredibly racist or everybody-interesting-phobic.
I think both of those life choices factor into how I'll be remembered.
I cannot fathom making this much of an ass of myself, perhaps because my mother raised me correctly.
And I'm not setting some high bar here. I make an ass of myself plenty. Just not this much.
Edit: I should clarify, my disgust is with starting this kind of crap while supposedly being a world leader. Shutting someone up who started this kind of crap, I'm all for.
When I saw this this morning, I laughed so hard I almost fell out of bed 😭
Yikes to the fact that Jasmine Crockett received PAC donations from crypto and voted with other Dems to provide military aid to Israel, but at least there's some entertainment in watching her eat up Republicans like MTG whenever they pull some bullshit like that.
It can be, but I don't think sexuality was relevant in this exchange about fakeness and feminine/masculine presentation.
MTG used something feminine as an insult and the response was that MTG does something similar but on the masculine end of the spectrum. It sounded to me like she was calling MTG a hypocrit, not gay.
Butch is one end of a spectrum with femme on the other end. It can be used insultingly, but it's not anti-gay. If anything it's extremely gay.
It might be slightly sexist to throw at someone unprompted, but I think it's pretty fine in this context. It's not like she's using it on a trans woman. She's biting back at another cis woman who attacked her appearance by telling her she looks masculine, showing she can go low too, and is a better at it. She even alliterates literally 6 words in a row during a coherent insult. MTG couldn't do that if she had all week.
It is a lot like watching two people fight I think. You don't have to like either of them to enjoy watching them beat each other up, but it isn't any fun if it is just one person battering the other.
I don't think people there love love her, but something something owning the libs something.
Many USian voters are entranced with the idea of having a firebrand provocateur on their side, someone who is able to get a rise out of their political opponents (not even totally excluding myself as it can be entertaining sometimes). And others just don't care as long as the other side doesn't win -- to them, keeping the other side out of power is more important than putting a competent person in the seat.
In the US, you can either vote for every position on the ballot indvidually (dozens or more, dog catcher to prez), or you can vote "straight ticket" for the party, Dem or Repub. That's how people like her get elected.
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